Rivet 15 I would make you a small scarf of eyelashes if you wanted one or needed one I said I would. —Marya Hornbacher Featuring a Northern Gothic story by Ben Rosenthal; art by Rachel Linn; poetry by Marya Hornbacher, Ashley Kunsa, Austin Sanchez-Moran, Oliver Smith, John Sibley Williams; and a story of hope in a virtual world by James…
Jesus Murmurs to His Lover, Half-Asleep Marya Hornbacher Break me. There you are. Then break me, split me open like an agate, crack me against a flat stone, hold my two halves in your two hands and see how hollow things are. The amethysts at agate’s core are relatively cheap, but sharp. If you curve…
warm & fuzzy #5 Rachel Linn © Rachel Linn ≡≡≡≡≡ Rachel Linn holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington, where she received the Eugene Van Buren Prize for her thesis project. Her writing and illustrations have appeared or are forthcoming in the St. Louis Metro Arts in Transit Program, Mythic, small po[r]tions, Storm Cellar,…
Standing in the Garden of Myself, Barefoot Ashley Kunsa © Ashley Kunsa ≡≡≡≡≡ Ashley Kunsa‘s work appears in many venues including Sycamore Review, Bayou Magazine, Los Angeles Review, and Penn Review. She is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT, where she lives with her husband and…
Instructional Poem # 2 Austin Sanchez-Moran After Yoko Ono Put a snowflake in a shoebox. Write on the inside, bottom, “You’ve failed.” Close the lid. Write on the top of the lid, “Open it.” Give it to your father in winter. © Austin Sanchez-Moran ≡≡≡≡≡≡ Austin Sanchez-Moran received his MFA in Poetry…
